Fence-post.



No. 804,711. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

J. M. ELDER & A. W. MEANS.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1905.

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No. 804,711. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

J. M. ELDER & A. W. MEANS.

FENCE POST.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27.1905.

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JAMES M. ELDER AND ANDERSON W. MEANS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA; SAIDMEANS ASSIGNOR TO SAID ELDER.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

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Be it known that we, JAMES M. ELDER and ANDERSON W. MEANs, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFence-Posts; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of cement ormolded fenceposts.

It consists in the molding of the post and the application thereto ofcertain adjunctive parts of a continuous operation substantially ashereinafter more fully disclosed and particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of thepreferred embodiment of our mold. Fig. 2 is a side view of a completedpost, showing one of the stays employed in dotted line. Fig. 2 is acrosssection of the mold. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the stays employedin the construction of the post. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are separate viewsof the tool also used in connection with the mold for placing andretaining in place certain adjunctive parts of the prospective postduring its formation. Figs. 8 and 9 are views showing principally thefastening and its insertion in post for dividing line-wire. Fig. 10 is aview of one of the corner or gate post wire-attaching bolts in place inthe post. Fig. 11 is a detail view of a headed bolt. Figs. 12, 13, 14,15, and 16 are separate or detached Views of a cap, a washer and a nut,adjunctive parts of the post formation, the cap being in side and planviews, and the nut shown in like manner.

In the carrying out of our invention we provide a suitable mold 1,including its palate 2,

and form holes in the said palate, as shown, and through which areinserted an equal number of formers 3 with the prospective number ofattaching pins or connections for use in organizing the fence. Said moldmay be made double, if desired. Upon the formers 3 are now placedretainers or washers 5, with their inner edges resting upon shoulders 3of said former, and upon the extreme upper pointed ends of said formersare placed caps 6, said ends passing through the apertures 6 half of thetop edge of the mold. Upon this additional cement and sand is placedanother metal strip 7, the mold now being filled in with further cementand sand clear to its top edge and the whole allowed to stand until thecement has become fully set, after which the post formation is readilyremoved by lifting out the palate bearing the same, as will beappreciated. It will be understood that the side and ends of the moldwhich are hinged to the bottom thereof are suitably lowered to permitthe removal of the palate with the post. In this type of the postformation the spring-metal staples 9 are used, being suitably gripped by"long nosed pliers (not shown) and compressed until the bent free endsof said staples may be passed through the openings formed in the postformation by the use of the formers 8, which of course have beenpreviously withdrawn. The staples are for the attachment of the dividingfence line-wire thereto as in erecting a fence.

In the moldings of a post of the type such as used for fence-corners andto form hingeposts the very same procedure is adopted with the exceptionthat a different form of retainer is used, nuts 10 being used in lieu ofthe washers and screw-bolts 1 1 or 1 1 in place of the staples, as shownby Figs. 10 and 11. Said bolts may be hooked at the end, as shown at 11in Fig. 10, or they may be headed as shown at 11 in Fig. 11, the latterform being used for attaching a hinge, gate-latch, wire-stretcher,rail-plate, &c.

From the foregoing it is believed that advantages of our invention areapparent without further elucidation in that direction herein.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cement fence -post, with chambers molded therein, and bolts havingtheir securing-nuts in said chambers.

2. A cement fence -post, with chambers molded therein, retainersarranged in said chambers and means, adapted to engage said retainers,for securing an object to the post. 3. A cement fence -post, withchambers molded therein, retainers arranged in said chambers, and boltsadapted to engage said retainers.

4. A cement fence post, with chambers molded therein, nuts arranged insaid chambers, and bolts adapted to engage said nuts.

5. A cement fence-post, a retainer and a cap molded in said post andforming a chamber therein, and means, adapted to engage said retainer,for securing an object to the 0st. p 6. A cement fence-post, a nut and acap molded in said post and forming a chamber therein, and a boltadapted to engage said nut.

cap molded in said post and forming a cham- 1 ber therein, said posthaving a passage with diverging walls leading from said chamber to itsouter face, and means, adapted to eX- tcnd through said passage andengage said retainer, for securing an object to the post.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES M. ELDER. ANDERSON W. MEANS.

Witnesses:

JosEPH W. HUToHINsoN, JAMEs A. WILsoN.

